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| “I have worked with my reason, unreason, my caprices, my fury and poise…” -Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet Born in New York City, Isabel started singing Lou Rawls' "You're Gonna Miss My Lovin" at 6. As a kid, she’d sit with her father who’d ask her in his native Spanish starry, philosophical questions about everything around her world. This brought her in tune with her poetic side early in life. After college at Cornell and Mannes, Isabel became a back-up singer for a Brooklyn-playing rock band, The Defenders. Not long after, she discovered her own love for songwriting and formed her own band, Isabel and The Whispers, in NYC in 2005. Some of Isabel's songs echo themes from her early poetry and artwork. The jazzy, eclectic touches of her drummer, Alec, and the twanging strings of her guitarist, Octavio, color her bittersweet and introspective songs. The band's name was drawn from a Biblical story in which God questions a man in a whisper. Isabel’s songs have a story to relate, a vision to describe, a fleeting feeling to communicate through the beautiful frailty of her voice. The lyricism of fellow singer-songwriters like Aimee Mann and Suzanne Vega and the ethereal piano stylings of Coldplay inspire her sounds. Her songs, like favorite poet Neruda, embrace the range and depths of human emotion and faith…the caprices, the wonder, the fury, and poise…and, of course, the love… Isabel is a member of NYC's acclaimed Singer-Songwriter Sessions and has a discography of works, including some featuring her on vocals. Her band is currently celebrating their self-entitled album release of Isabel and The Whispers. |
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